R. A. K. Mason

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... R.a.k. Mason (1905-1971) Was One Of The Strongest And Most Original Voices To Be Heard In New Zealand From The 1920s. His Distinctive Style And Mood - A Blend Of Classical Elegy And Shocked Religious Faith - Was Already Achieved In Early Schoolboy Verse, And Was Later To Be Strengthened By Memorable Love Lyrics And Poems Of Revolt. Apart From His Editing Of The Auckland Journal Phoenix And His Tenure Of The Robert Burns Fellowship In Dunedin, Mason's Chief Work Was For Radical Political And Social Rather Than Literary Causes. ...--back Cover. By J. E. Weir. Works By Mason: P. 63-64. Includes Bibliographical References.